# Durgapur Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **644 people in 123 households**, the 100th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 644people (2011)
- 123households
- 83.2%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****98%**

**62%

Television ****42%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**963

Working population ****44.7%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 72.8% for women. 65% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 100 (35%) · **■** Marginal 148 (51%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dantan - I

- Dhanhalia681 people
- Kunjapur679 people
- Shara Shanka667 people
- Kunja Baghra649 people
- Gazipur Kismat643 people
- Beldangri615 people
- Khanipur598 people
- Shijua595 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?644 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?83.2% (Census 2011)